KIEV, Aug. 8 – The armed conflict has resulted in the formation of a debt of UAH 1.3 billion on the payment of pensions in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, said Tetiana Sliuz, head of the State Treasury Service.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its corporate credit rating on Ukraine-based farming group Mriya Agro Holding PLC to 'SD' (selective default) from 'CCC', S&P said in a statement.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – The World Bank may decide early in 2015 on the allocation of a second facility worth $500 million under its Programmatic Financial Sector Development Policy Loan in Ukraine, World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Qimiao Fan said.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Smartora Trading Ltd, affiliated with the Group DF group of companies, has acquired a 32.68% stake in Tifast S.r.l., an Italian producer of titanium and other alloys, Group DF reported on Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Investigators of the police department of the Interior Ministry's main department at Kiev's Boryspil Airport last week brought an action against AeroSvit crew members on charges of engaging in a strike that led to failures in the operation of transportation (Article 293 of the Criminal code).

KIEV, Aug. 8 – The Ukrainian side has received full payment for armored vehicles supplied under a contract with Iraq, according to the state-run Ukroboronprom concern.

"In general, the contract between Ukraine and Iraq for the supply of armored vehicles is being fulfilled on schedule.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - Brazilian state-owned company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), the third-largest oil company in the world, has sent a formal request to the Ukrainian authorities for information about the Black Sea shelf fields, the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry said, with reference to Brazilian Ambassador to Ukraine Fernando Cruz de Mello.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - An informal system of customs controls in Ukraine is causing serious delays to Ukrainian wheat exports, Reuters reported Monday, citing trade and shipping sources.

Dealers in Europe said there was widespread trade talk of several hundred thousand tonnes of Ukrainian grain shipments being delayed by extra customs or documentary checks or sudden non-availability of railway freight wagons for grain transport.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - Ukraine in Q4 will agree measures for further lifting limitations on the forex market and will settle with the investor of Nadra Bank, according to a memorandum released by the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - Ukraine and China will discuss on August 23-27 in Beijing plans for cooperation in outer space, the National Space Agency of Ukraine reported on Monday.